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[…]The post 2023 Budget: Wickremesinghe Economics & Post-Rajapaksa Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Crisis Prime Minister To Put Down President (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Budget Politics & Presidential Options (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranilnomics: Learning Nothing, Forgetting Everything (Category: Breaking News)
by Prof. Aruna Shanthaarchch (Department of Economics and Statistics Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka) Who are the Middle Class? The term, middle class, has been defined in a variety of ways. Historically, it was a social class characterised by intellectuals, who were neither capitalists nor
- Budget, Taxation Turmoil and Policy Blunders – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Personal income tax shock dims economic activities (Category: Breaking News)
- Only one income taxpayer paying over Rs. 300 mn. a year says Aluthgamage (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tax hike likely to discourage small time investors into stocks – analysts (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Strategic Strides From A Strategy Guru: Prof Ajantha Dharmasiri appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Need To Restrain The Power Of Shadow Finance appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- End Casino Capitalism: Sri Lanka To Join The Global Minimum Tax Agreement (Category: Breaking News)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Debterioration Of Nations Social Security & Protection (Category: Breaking News)
Leader of the 43 Brigade and SJBP MP Patali Champika Ranawaka has called on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to retire from politics.Speaking at a meeting in Colombo, on Thursday, Ranawaka said: “I request Mahinda Rajapaksa not to enter politics again or at least say he will do so. Many people have already left the country. […]
- CR declares creation of his new party (Category: Breaking News)
- People have forgot the LTTE attacks: Champika Ranawaka (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Citizenry should prepare for an invasion by US’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Hold referendum for Dravidastan and Kashmir (Category: Breaking News)
From the time we heard that Rishi Sunak was to be the next Prime Minister of Britain and read all the wondrous things about him, I wanted to know what Sashi Tharoor would have to say about this momentous-for-Indians turn of events in the biggest colonial country the world had seen. I had two friends […]
- Rishi Sunak favourite to be UK PM after Boris Johnson pulls out of race (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak to become Britain s next prime minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain to stop those arriving illegally from staying (Category: Breaking News)
- UK PM Sunak reportedly said just let people die , COVID inquiry hears (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Rating & Fitch’s Credit Rating (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Budget Of Hopes & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Don’t Ignore The Message Delivered By IPS SOE22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To How Ranilnomics Should Be Designed & Implemented (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Buddha’s Prescriptions On Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Need Is Going For IMF Plus (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Two Men, Two Cultures appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP’s Popularity & Ranil’s IMF Prop (Category: Breaking News)
- President Should Be Responsible! (Category: Breaking News)
Rishi Sunak today became the U.K.’s third prime minister of the year following a meeting with King Charles III. The tradition sees the monarch invite the leader of the party with the highest number of MPs to form a government, which since the 2019 general election has been the Conservatives. Sunak was elected party leader […]
- Ranil confident Rishi Sunak will strengthen UK ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sunak favourite to be UK PM after Johnson drops comeback bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak: UK’s new PM embraces India connection (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil meets British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Economic Reforms Unproductive Unless Extractive Institutions Are Halted appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Don’t Ignore The Message Delivered By IPS SOE22 (Category: Breaking News)
- Review Of Dr W.A Wijewardena’s Book ‘A Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics, Cryptos & Currency Boards’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Strategic Strides From A Strategy Guru: Prof Ajantha Dharmasiri (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Beyond 22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Executive Presidency – A Wretched Profile Of A Nation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 117th Birth Anniversary & Long Legacy Of JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Unelected President Ranil A Vicious Hypocrite? (Category: Breaking News)
- Which Way Civil Society & The Democratic Resistance? (Category: Breaking News)
After running out of reserves, Sri Lanka intervened and sterilized to mis-target rates with borrowed dollars
- Sri Lanka continues to soft-peg in May intervening in both directions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka runs BOP deficits on borrowed money (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank deep in debt, dollar shortages at ‘guidance’ rate : Wijewardena (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand currency crisis’ central bank policy error explained to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Budget Crisis & Ibn Khaldun appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW’s Budget Of Hopes & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla (Category: Breaking News)
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Budget In Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Coorey will be a non-executive director
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Evil Is Not Mere Money Printing, But Unbridled Government Expenditure (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranilnomics: Learning Nothing, Forgetting Everything appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- The World After Mikhail Gorbachev & Sri Lanka After JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Go Set A Watchman appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Qualified Candidates Essential For System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Musings On A New Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
Survey reveals deep-rooted Mercantilism and total lack of classical economics
- Sri Lanka needs political stability, fiscal measures for IMF deal: CBSL union (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka continues to soft-peg in May intervening in both directions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka non-oil imports down in March 2022 as soft-peg collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka halts imports of over 300 items (Category: Breaking News)
On 05 October, 2022, The Island carried an article by Dr C. S. Weeraratna with the title “Deteriorating rural economy, and food Security”. On reading this, I was motivated to send a chapter from the biography of D. S. Senanayake by H. A. J. Hulugalle titled ‘The Vision Splendid.’ The book has much more information […]
- Constitutional Reforms in Ceylon/Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR, a force for food insecurity, now blames 70-years of government! (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahaweli – A spectacular achievement of JRJ regime piloted by Gamini D (Category: Breaking News)
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking (Category: Breaking News)
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
A trio of U.S. economists including Former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke won this year s Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for research on how propping up failing banks can stave off an even deeper economic crisis.
[…]The post Economic Crimes & The Challenge Of Community Medicine Practitioners appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Dimming Prospects Of International Assistance As Confidence In Erodes (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Leaders Need To Analyse Problems More Rationally (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Leaders Need To Analyse Problems More Rationally (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Leaders Need To Analyse Problems More Rationally (Category: Breaking News)
This currency crisis and banking crisis were originated firstly by policy mis-management from the central bank
- Sri Lanka needs quick fiscal reforms, political stability: Central Bank union (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs political stability, fiscal measures for IMF deal: CBSL union (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rates elevated amid failed float and DDR fears (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will have to come of crisis through own efforts: PM (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Debt Driven Growth Strategy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Futility Of “Ranilnomics” Without Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Glocalization Without Financialization (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
The people who raised their hands when these policies were made are now blaming us
- School officials demand end to cuts (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Federal Way cuts tax to raise more money (Category: USA, Washington)
- More cuts in $100m GST black hole (Category: South Australia)
- OPEC+ agrees voluntary oil production cuts (Category: Breaking News)
In India, religion and socialism commingle and collide.
- What should modern independent India be and how can it get there? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gandhian Ethics (Category: Breaking News)
- China: Guidelines Instruct Religions How to Implement the New Patriotic Education Law (Category: Breaking News)
- The Buddha on politics and governance (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Futility Of “Ranilnomics” Without Systemic Change appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- RW Summons Youth For Economic Marathon (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's central bank is likely to maintain interest rates on Thursday in an effort to get a grip on inflation which has remained stubbornly high despite a sharp contraction in the crisis-hit economy.The post Sri Lanka Central Bank to hold rates as inflation worries persist appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka to hold rates as inflation slows slightly, focus on IMF bailout (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka threatens administrative measures over high market interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank holds policy interest rates at current levels (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to hold rates as inflation stays high (Category: Breaking News)
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